Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
Images
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Agapostemon%20angelicus%2C%20M%2C%20face%2C%20Pennington%20County%2C%20SD_2012-11-13-10.39.30%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=_rGF5rfL)
Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Agapostemon%20angelicus%2C%20M%2C%20side%2C%20Pennington%20County%2C%20SD_2012-11-13-10.46.15%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=RN344y6i)
Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Agapostemon%20coloradinus%2C%20F%2C%20back%2C%20Shannon%20Co.%2C%20S.%20Dakota_2014-01-09-14.23.04%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=8Lrv-RGX)
A large bright green with blue overtones Agapostemon from Badlands National Park. One of several species present there and very similar to A. virescens and a bit tricky to tell apart. Photo by Wayne Boo with help from Ben Smith on upping the Photoshopping techniques.
A large bright green with blue overtones Agapostemon from Badlands National Park. One of several species present there and very similar to A. virescens and a bit tricky to tell apart. Photo by Wayne Boo with help from Ben Smith on upping the Photoshopping techniques.
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Agapostemon%20coloradinus%2C%20F%2C%20face%2C%20Pennington%20Co.%2C%20South%20Dakota_2012-11-08-15.26.44%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=1Vvj1cOk)
Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
Pennington County, South Dakota, Badlands National Park
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Agapostemon%20coloradinus%2C%20F%2C%20face%2C%20Shannon%20Co.%2C%20S.%20Dakota_2014-01-09-14.31.48%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=Pykr8YF5)
A large bright green with blue overtones Agapostemon from Badlands National Park. One of several species present there and very similar to A. virescens and a bit tricky to tell apart. Photo by Wayne Boo with help from Ben Smith on upping the Photoshopping techniques.
A large bright green with blue overtones Agapostemon from Badlands National Park. One of several species present there and very similar to A. virescens and a bit tricky to tell apart. Photo by Wayne Boo with help from Ben Smith on upping the Photoshopping techniques.
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Heriades%20carinatus%2C%20m%2C%20face%2C%20MD%2C%20Prince%20George%27s%20Co.jpg?itok=W6JfGJl6)
A small thin well armored bee. Just so to fit in the abandoned burrows of powder post beetles and the like. Obliquely related to Mason bees, the females carry pollen and are notable for their use of plant resins to plug their nest holes. This one from Prince George's County. Photograph by Elizabeth Garcia.
A small thin well armored bee. Just so to fit in the abandoned burrows of powder post beetles and the like. Obliquely related to Mason bees, the females carry pollen and are notable for their use of plant resins to plug their nest holes. This one from Prince George's County. Photograph by Elizabeth Garcia.
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Heriades%20carinatus%2C%20m%2C%20left%20side%2C%20MD%2C%20Prince%20George%27s%20Co.jpg?itok=1ZdsTHDc)
A small thin well armored bee. Just so to fit in the abandoned burrows of powder post beetles and the like. Obliquely related to Mason bees, the females carry pollen and are notable for their use of plant resins to plug their nest holes. This one from Prince George's County. Photograph by Elizabeth Garcia.
A small thin well armored bee. Just so to fit in the abandoned burrows of powder post beetles and the like. Obliquely related to Mason bees, the females carry pollen and are notable for their use of plant resins to plug their nest holes. This one from Prince George's County. Photograph by Elizabeth Garcia.
A tiny be, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be essentially impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the mail form there very clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A tiny be, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be essentially impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the mail form there very clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A tiny be, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be essentially impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the mail form there very clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A tiny be, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be essentially impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the mail form there very clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A tiny bee, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the male form there are clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A tiny bee, this one found in the flat marshy landscape of Dorchester County, Maryland. There is a pair of the species Heriades leavitti and Heriades variolosa both appear to be impossible to tell apart in the female form, but in the male form there are clear differences underneath the abdomen.
A small bee very heavily armored, that nests in small wood boring beetle holes. The specimen came from Kent County Maryland and was photographed by Brooke Alexander and Photoshop by Elizabeth Garcia.
A small bee very heavily armored, that nests in small wood boring beetle holes. The specimen came from Kent County Maryland and was photographed by Brooke Alexander and Photoshop by Elizabeth Garcia.
A small bee very heavily armored, that nests in small wood boring beetle holes. The specimen came from Kent County Maryland and was photographed by Brooke Alexander and Photoshop by Elizabeth Garcia.
A small bee very heavily armored, that nests in small wood boring beetle holes. The specimen came from Kent County Maryland and was photographed by Brooke Alexander and Photoshop by Elizabeth Garcia.
A beautiful little hole nesting bee, this Heriades is either H. variolosa or H. leavitti. The females are impossible to tell apart, unless the molecular hood were open. Collected on Chino Farm by Dan Small in Kent County, Maryland. Photograph by Brooke Alexander.
A beautiful little hole nesting bee, this Heriades is either H. variolosa or H. leavitti. The females are impossible to tell apart, unless the molecular hood were open. Collected on Chino Farm by Dan Small in Kent County, Maryland. Photograph by Brooke Alexander.
Heriades variolosa or leavitti, female, Kent County, Maryland
Heriades variolosa or leavitti, female, Kent County, Maryland
Heriades variolosa/leavittii, male
Heriades variolosus/leavitti, male
Dominican Republic,floating in hand sanitizer in a cuvette Heteropteran, species unknown
Dominican Republic,floating in hand sanitizer in a cuvette Heteropteran, species unknown
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Holcopasites%20heliopsis%2C%20U%2C%20back%2C%20Maryland%2C%20Anne%20Arundel%20County_2013-03-19-15.27.44%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=yN4gDSVg)
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Holcopasites%20heliopsis%2C%20U%2C%20face%2C%20Maryland%2C%20Anne%20Arundel%20County_2013-03-19-15.36.29%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=4NE4OcCj)
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
![close up of image](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/Holcopasites%20heliopsis%2C%20U%2C%20side%2C%20Maryland%2C%20Anne%20Arundel%20County_2013-03-19-15.44.41%20ZS%20PMax.jpg?itok=7kjLH8YN)
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
New state record, collected by Jelle Devalez in a sand pit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Nearest other record is in Illinois!
Random Homopteran. Prpobably taken with out 10x modified lens. No notes, darn it.
Random Homopteran. Prpobably taken with out 10x modified lens. No notes, darn it.